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Ncamisile Makhambeni

Ncamisile Makhambeni Ncamisile Makhambeni (1947 – ) was born in Durban. She is a qualified nursing sister who has an MA degree in African

Mafika Pascal Gwala

Mafika Pascal Gwala Mafika Pascal Gwala (1946 – 2014) was a contemporary South African poet and editor, writing in English and Zulu. Gwala was

Rick Andrew

Rick Andrew Rick Andrew (1947 – ) was born in Johannesburg, and moved to KwaZulu Natal in 1966 and has lived there ever since.

Bessie Head

Bessie Head Bessie Head (1937-1986), one of Africa’s most prominent writers, was born in Pietermaritzburg’s Fort Napier Mental Institution. The child of an “illicit”

Jann Turner

Jann Turner (1964 – ) spent her childhood in the Cape until 1978 when her father, Rick Turner, a Natal University academic and anti-apartheid

Ashwin Desai

Ashwin Desai Ashwin Desai, the holder of a Masters degree from Rhodes University and a doctorate from Michigan State University, is currently affiliated to

What is Literary Tourism?

Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.

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Hello and welcome to the KZN Literary Tourism website. Through this site, we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa.